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There Was a Big Indian! 




















HOW HE CAME TO GO 
TO. THE OTHER WORLD 


WRITTEN by YVONNE MTANDLESS 


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DRAWINGS 3Y jean van CLEVE 


' A JUST RI&HT BOOK ” 
ALBERT "WHITMAN 6 <ZO 

PUBLISHERS 


CHICAGO 













Copyright 1927 
ALBERT WHITMAN & CO, 
Chicago, U. S. A. 





Other Titles Uniform 
With This Book 

Peter Rabbit 
Little Black Hen 
Mr. Blue Peacock 
Little Black Sambo 
Gingerbread Man 

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PRINTED IN THE U. S. A. 

JUL14 '27 

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I see the others tar away 
As if in firelit camp they lay. 

And I, like to an Indian scout. 
Around their party prowled about. 

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THE BIG INDIAN 



Once upon a time there was a big 
Indian. 

He had a big black bear. He had 
a big brown deer. He had a big white 
rabbit. He had a big tan wigwam. 
He had a big brown dog. He had a belt 
of white wampum, a belt of pink wam¬ 
pum and a belt of purple wampum. He 
had a pair of big black eyes, a big kind 
heart and a big name—Nuka-bi-ka- 
da-va. He called it Nuka* for short. 



*Pronounced Noo-Kah. 


7 







THE BIG INDIAN 


Nuka had no magic wand—but he 
loved everything and everything loved 
him. That was the best kind of magic. 

Big Black Bear, Big Brown Deer, Big 
White Rabbit, and Big Brown Dog 
lived in the woods. Nuka lived in the 
woods too. He slept in his big tan 
wigwam. The animals slept under the 
trees. 

Nuka liked Black Bear, Brown Deer, 
White Rabbit, and Brown Dog, and his 
friendly animals all liked him. Nuka 
did not talk much. His friendly animals 
did not talk much. But Nuka and the 
friendly animals did help one another 
every day. 



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Slept Under the Trees 
9 







































THE BIG INDIAN 


Big Black Bear found sweet rasp¬ 
berries on the hillside. He picked them 
and took them to Nuka in a large reed 
basket. 

Nuka said, “Thank you!” That was 
all. But when winter came and Big 
Black Bear had nothing to eat Nuka 
gave him a big wooden bowl filled to 
the very edge with yellow honey, every 
day until spring came. 

Big Black Bear said “Thank you!” 
That was all. Then he went straight 
back into the woods feeling glad be¬ 
cause Nuka had been kind. 



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THE BIG INDIAN 


Big Brown Deer gave Nuka four 
large gourdfuls of milk each day. That 
was all Nuka could drink. That was all 
Brown Deer had to give. Nuka took 
all the milk and said “Thank you!” 
That was all. 

But when the hunters tracked Brown 
Deer, Nuka hid her in his big tan 
wigwam. Sometimes Big Brown Deer 
had to stay in the big tan wigwam for 
many days. Nuka fed her on juicy 
roots and dried grasses which he kept 
under his blanket. When Big Brown 
Deer went away she said “Thank you.” 
That was all. But she galloped happily 
because Nuka was alive. 



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Brown Deer Galloped Happily 

13 















THE BIG INDIAN 


Big White Rabbit helped warm Nuka 
when winter came. When Nuka’s 
hands were cold, White Rabbit slept 
upon them until they were warm. 
When Nuka’s feet were cold, white rab¬ 
bit curled himself around them. Some¬ 
times Nuka fell asleep with White 
Rabbit in his arms. Mornings, Nuka 
woke up all snug and warm. He said, 
“Thank you! White Rabbit.” That 
was all. 

But when Red Fox became very hun¬ 
gry and wanted to eat White Rabbit, 
Nuka fed him such a good boiled dinner 
of turnips, sweet roots, and cabbage, 
that the fox decided that plants were 
much better to eat than White Rabbit. 



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THE BIG INDIAN 


For several weeks after the boiled 
vegetable dinner Red Fox and White 
Rabbit were the best of friends. Big 
White Rabbit went to Nuka and said 
“Thank you!” That was all. But he 
was glad that Nuka was alive. 



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They Were the Best of Friends 

17 

















THE BIG INDIAN 


Big Brown Dog lived only for Nuka. 
He stayed with him all day and slept in 
front of the big tan wigwam all 
night. He helped to dig for roots. He 
helped to carry things. In the winter 
he pulled Nuka on a sled. Big Brown 
Dog said, “Nuka is not stupid. He 
knows almost as much as a dog. He is 
kind as the kindest of dogs.” When 
Nuka fed Brown Dog he barked and 
said “Thank you!” That was all. But he 
watched over Nuka every moment. He 
was glad to live for kind Nuka. 



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He Helped Dig Roots 

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THE BIG INDIAN 
TWO 


One day two Indians of a strange 
tribe came to settle down in the woods 
with Nuka. These Indians had heard 
about Black Bear, Brown Deer, White 
Rabbit and Brown Dog. They wanted 
to hunt Nuka’s animal friends and make 
a stew of them. They smacked their 
lips when they thought of it. 

When Nuka heard them coming he 
went to the edge of the woods to meet 
them. He walked right up to the chief 
and said, “Chief, please do not come 
here to live and hunt. I am happy with 
my friendly animals. You would hunt 
them and make them into a big pot of 
stew. 



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Two Indians of a Strange Tribe 
21 








THE BIG INDIAN 


“When the stew is gone you have 
nothing left. When the day is gone I 
can still live and talk with my animals 
the next day. They would give you 
only one day of pleasure. But they give 
me help and happiness every day. So 
please go away with your tribe. Look, 
I will give you my big belt of white 
wampum.” 

The strange chief’s eyes sparkled. 
He took the big belt of white wampum 
and with his tribe left Nuka’s woods at 
once. He went to another woods to 
settle down for the winter. 



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He Took the 


Big Belt of White W ampum 


23 


















































































THE BIG INDIAN 


Nuka returned to his big tan wig¬ 
wam. His friendly animals were all 
waiting for him. They had heard all he 
said to the strange chief. They had 
seen him give away the big belt of 
white wampum. They knew how much 
he liked his wampum belts. 

Big Black Bear shed a tear. Big 
Brown Deer shed a tear. Big White 
Rabbit shed a tear. Big Brown Dog 
shed a tear. They all shed a tear. That 
was all. 

But they tried harder than ever to 
make Nuka happy. They brought him 
glittering stones. They brought him 
bright red clay with which to paint his 
face and limbs. And for a while they 
were all happy and undisturbed. 



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THE BIG INDIAN 


THREE 

One day Nuka kneeled down and put 
his ear to the ground to hear what was 
going on. He heard a hedgehog root¬ 
ing. He heard a mole burrowing. He 
heard another tribe of Indians coming 
to the woods. 

So Nuka put on his big belt of purple 
wampum and he put on his belt of pink 
wampum. Then he went out to the 
edge of the forest to meet the strange 
Indians. 

He walked right up to the chief and 
said, “Please do not come here to hunt. 
I am happy with my friendly animals. 



26 











































THE BIG INDIAN 


“You would only hunt them and make 
them into stew. When your stew is 
gone you have nothing left. I live and 
talk with my friendly animals. When 
the day is done I can live and talk with 
them again the next day. They would 
give you only one day of pleasure. But 
they give me help and happiness every 
day. So please go away with your 
tribe.” 



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THE BIG INDIAN 


The strange chief looked longingly 
at the big belt of purple wampum and 
he looked longingly at the big belt of 
pink wampum. Then his eyes sparkled. 

“I will give you my big belt of purple 
wampum and my big belt of pink 
wampum if you will go away with your 
tribe and live and hunt in some other 
woods,” said Nuka, taking off his belts 
of pink wampum and purple wampum, 
and handing them to the strange chief. 

The strange chief took the belts of 
wampum and tied them around his 
waist. Then he called to his tribe, and 
away he went. 



31 













THE BIG INDIAN 


Nuka returned to his big tan wig¬ 
wam. He wanted to look at his big 
belts of wampum for he liked them. 
But his belts of wampum were around 
the waists of the first and second of 
the strange chiefs. His own waist was 
bare. But before he began to feel sorry 
for himself Nuka stopped thinking about 
his wampum. He thought about his 
friendly animals instead. He felt glad 
that he could save their lives. He loved 
them more than ever. 



32 





















THE BIG INDIAN 


All his friendly animals were waiting 
for him at the big tan wigwam. 
They had heard the words he spoke to 
the strange chief. They had seen him 
give away first his belt of purple wam¬ 
pum and then his belt of pink wampum. 
They knew that he liked his wampum 
belts and that they were scarce. 

Big Black Bear shed two tears. Big 
Brown Deer shed two tears. Big White 
Rabbit shed two tears. Big Brown Dog 
shed two tears. They all shed two big 
tears. That was all. 



34 






His Friendly Animals 


Were Waiting 


35 




































































THE BIG INDIAN 


But they worked from sun up to sun 
down and often until late in the night 
to give Nuka comfort and happiness. 
They found new springs of medicine 
water for him. They dried berries and 
stored up great baskets of nuts for him. 
And although none of the friendly ani¬ 
mals liked to dive they dove all the way 
to the muddy bottoms of ponds to get 
water lily roots for Nuka, because Nuka 
thought them the best of all roots. 



36 





























THE BIG INDIAN 


FOUR 

One day there came a third strange 
chief. He came with a big tribe and 
with many horses. His voice was loud 
as thunder. It rang from one end of 
the forest to the other. As this strange 
chief galloped along on his horse he 
sent arrows high up into the air. Some 
of them went up so far that they did 
not come down. This chief was not 
only big and strong, but he could ride 
swift as the wind. 

Nuka could not go to the edge of the 
woods to meet him, for he came too 
fast. Whzzzzzzzzzzz! There the strange 
chief stood by the tan wigwam. His 
tribe waited at the edge of the woods. 



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A Third Strange Chief 

39 








































THE BIG INDIAN 


Nuka looked a long time at the 
strange chief, for he was handsome. His 
eyes were black and sparkly. When he 
smiled he showed two rows of perfect 
teeth, white as snow. His bare chest 
glowed with health. His skin was the 
color of a brand new copper penny. He 
was tall and straight and slender. His 
feet were slender and had high arches, 
and no matter how many miles he 
walked they never tired. Nor did his 
eyes tire of looking, nor did his voice 
tire from singing, shouting and laugh¬ 
ing. There was magic and beauty 
about him. 



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THE BIG INDIAN 


The strange chief spoke. “I want to 
make this forest my winter quarters,” 
he said. “I want to hunt and live here 
until the spring comes. Will you join 
us?” 

Nuka trembled. He had fallen in 
love with this strange and beautiful 
chief. But he loved his friendly animals 
too dearly. So he spoke to this chief 
as he had spoken to the other two. 
“Please, beautiful chief, do not stay 
here and hunt. I love Black Bear, 
Brown Deer, White Rabbit, and Brown 
Dog. I want to live with them and 
want them to live with me. Please go 
to another woods. I will give to you 
my big tan wigwam if you will do 
that.” 



42 





To Make This Forest My Winter Quarters 

43 









































THE BIG INDIAN 


But the beautiful chief said “I am 
from another world. I do not need 
your wigwam. Haven’t you anything 
else?” 

“No,” said Nuka, “that is all I have. 
I gave my big belt of white wampum 
to one chief. Another chief came along. 
I gave him my belt of pink wampum 
and my belt of purple wampum. That 
was all I had besides the animals and 
my tan wigwam.” 

“You have two fine black eyes 
there,” said the strange chief, “they 
might do to take along to the Other 
World, which is my home. And you 
have a big, kind heart which I should 
like to take with me.” 



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THE BIG INDIAN 


Nuka knew that it would be hard for 
him to live without his two black eyes, 
and he knew he could not get along 
at all without his kind heart. But when 
he thought that his animals might be 
cooked in a pot of stew he did not wait 
long to decide. 

“Take my big, black eyes, O chief,” 
he said, “and take my big heart, but 
please do not hurt my friendly ani¬ 
mals.” 





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THE BIG INDIAN 


No sooner had Nuka said this than 
all the animals rushed up to him and 
the beautiful chief. They all tried to 
speak at once, but seeing that no one 
understood what each was saying, 
they all fell in line and spoke, one after 
the other. 

“Take my eyes and heart,” said Black 
Bear. “My eyes are not so black as 
Nuka’s, and my heart is not so kind 
as his, but please, please, take mine 
instead.” 



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The Animals Rushed to Him 

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THE BIG INDIAN 


Brown Deer interrupted him then 
and there. “O please do not take 
Nuka’s eyes and heart, and do not take 
Black Bear’s eyes and heart, take mine. 
My eyes are brown and velvety, and 
my heart is strong. It never tires no 
matter how long I run.” 

There Big White Rabbit interrupted 
and said, “Please listen to me. Take 
my eyes and heart. My eyes are pink 
and bright and my heart is very kind.” 

“Woof, woof, woof!” interrupted Big 
Brown Dog, “Please, beautiful chief, 
do not listen to the others. Quickly 
take my sharp eyes and take my kind 
heart. Yes, you can even take my good 
nose, but go away at once. 



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THE BIG INDIAN 



“I have been with Nuka more than 
have the rest of the friendly animals 
and I feel that it is my privilege to do 
this for him and for them. Please go 
away and leave Nuka and the others 
alone.” 

“Ayayaooooooooooooooo Ayayaooo- 
ooooooo!” the beautiful chief called 
into the air. Suddenly there came three 
snow white birds, each of them carry¬ 
ing a magic wand in his bill. They 
flew down and lit upon the beautiful 
chief’s head and shoulders. Then one 
after another they handed him the 
magic wands. 



52 















THE BIG INDIAN 


The chief tapped the first wand three 
times. That put Nuka, Big Black Bear. 
Big Brown Deer, Big White Rabbit, 
and Big Brown Dog to sleep. 

Then the beautiful chief waved the 
second wand three times as he repeated 
the call of the owl—“Who, hoot, hoo- 
toot!” And straightway the whole 
forest in which they were and all the 
land beneath it, suddenly took wings 
and flew away to the Other World 
which was the home of the strange, 
beautiful chief. 



54 








Tapped the First Wand Three Times 

























THE BIG INDIAN 


FIVE 

The Other World was a good place. 
It was all woods and mountains and 
sunny fields, and everywhere there were 
happy brooks and rivers. No one there 
had to work for food or clothing. 
Everybody worked at whatsoever he 
liked. No one there knew what it 
meant to grow old, — everybody was 
always just as young as he wished to 
be; and just as happy. No one ate meat 
in that land—no one killed animals. 
Every one was busy doing things that 
made everybody else happy. 



56 








It Was All Woods and Mountains 

57 

















































THE BIG INDIAN 

Now that woods with Nuka, his 
animals, and the beautiful chief, flew 
right up to the Other World, and there 
it landed softly, softly, as though it 
had been a goose feather. 

The chief tapped the third magic 
wand three times and sang this magic 
song— “Hy-py-hy-py-dy, 

Nuka, Nuka, 

Open your eyes.” 

When he said the last word Nuka 
and his friendly animals all awakened. 
They rubbed their eyes. They all felt 
very strange, to be sure. They did not 
know what had happened. 



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THE BIG INDIAN 


The beautiful chief spoke to them. 
“You are now in the Other World,” he 
said. “I did not really want to hunt 
and kill your animals, nor did I want 
to take from you your two black eyes 
and your kind heart. We wanted you 
to come and live with us. That is why 
I came. But I wanted you to prove to 
me that you were worthy of coming to 
our wonderful Other World before I 
brought you here. But now that we all 
know that both you and your friendly 
animals have kind hearts, you may 
always stay here and live in peace and 
happiness.” 



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THE BIG INDIAN 


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World. The friendly animals just play 
about and help wherever they can. 
Nuka learned to become a singer of 
songs—and he is up there now singing 
the songs of the whip-poor-will, the 
songs of the flowers and the songs of 
the wind as it kisses the world. If we 
listen carefully we can hear Nuka sing¬ 
ing very early in the mornings in 
spring and summer and fall. 



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